646. Documentation for Stephen Hussey
(June 8, 1632 to Apr 2, 1718)
father of Pricilla Puella Hussey
(Oct 10, 1677 to Sept 23, 1748)


 Stephen was born in Lynn, Massachusetts on June 8, 1632. It is stated he was only the second child born in that town. He was a seaman like his father. He moved to Nantucket and there married Martha Bunker on October 8, 1676. Martha was a daughter of George Bunker and Jane Godfrey. She was born in Topsfield, Massachusetts on November 1, 1656. For a while before he married, Stephen owned land and lived in Barbados in the West Indies. He probably used it as a base for his ship.
In 1708 when the Friends Society (Quakers) was established on the island, he was active in its formation and operations. He built three separate houses in Nantucket for himself and his family. Stephen Hussey died at age eighty-eight on April 2, 1718, and Martha Bunker Hussey died November 21, 1744. They had eight children:
1. Puella Hussey - She was born October 10, 1677.(1) She married Shubael Gorham on Nantucket in May of 1695.(X)(2) Shubael was a son of Capt. John Gorham and Desire Howland.
2. Abigail Hussey - Abigail was born December 22, 1679. She married Thomas Howes on April 5, 1700. He drowned very shortly afterwards. She then married Joseph Marshall. She died April 26, 1763.

3. Sylvanus Hussey - Sylvanus was born May 13, 1682. He first married Abial Brown on February 7, 1711/12. She was a daughter of John Brown and Rachel Gardner. They had five children before she died in 1722. He married second, Hepzibah Starbuck on November 8, 1723. Hepzibah was a daughter of Nathaniel Starbuck and Dinah Coffin. She was born November 8, 1700. They had eight children. Sylvanus died in Nantucket on October 2, 1760. Hepzibah died December 31, 1764. He had a grand total of thirteen children, five by his first wife, and eight by his second wife, all
born in Nantucket.
4. Bachelor Hussey - Bachelor was born on February 18, 1685. On October 11, 1704, he married Abigail Halle.
5. Daniel Hussey - Daniel Hussey was born October 20, 1687. On February 13, 1734/35 he married Sarah Gorham. He died in 1750. She died September 18, 1748.
6. Mary Hussey - Mary Hussey was born March 24, 1689. On June 16, 1707, she married Jonathan Worth. Jonathan was a son of John Worth and Miriam Gardner. They had four children before Jonathan died on September 26, 1719. Mary then married Ebenezer Barnard on May 24, 1722 and they
had five more children. Ebenezer was a son of Nadied May 4, 1767 and Mary died August 1, 1771.

7. George Hussey - George was born on June 21, 1694. He married Elizabeth Starbuck on November 12, 1717. Elizabeth was a daughter of Nathaniel Starbuck Junior and Dinah Coffin. She was born on November 27, 1698 and died on February 9, 1770. George died in July of 1782.

8. Theodate Hussey - She was born September 15, 1700. She married James Johnson on September 26, 1726. She died September 25, 1744.


REFERENCES

(1) Nantucket Vital Records 2-183, Nantucket Births, "Hussey, Puella, d. Stephen. Oct. 10, 1677. [w. Shubael Gorham (s. Capt. John of Barnstable and Desire (Howland)), d. Stephen and Martha (Bunker), 10th 10 mo., P.R. 38]"

(2) Nantucket Vital Records 5-615, Nantucket Deaths, "Worth, Lydia, w. Joseph, 1st 3 mo. 1763, C.R.4. [w Joseph (s. John and Miriam), d. Shubael Gorham and Puella (Hussey), P.R.38]"

(3) Nantucket Vital Records ?-526, Nantucket Marriages, "Worth, Jonathan and Mary Hussey, 16th, 4 mo. 1707.* [Jonathan, s. John and Miriam (Gardner) (first w.), and Mary Hussey, d. Stephen and Martha (Bunker), Apr. 26, P.R.38]"

(4) Nantucket Vital Records ?-555, Nantucket Marriages, "Gorham, Shubael, b. Yarmouth, s. Capt. John of Plymouth (b. England, s. Ralph of Benefield, Northhampshire, Eng.) and Desire (d. John Howland of the Mayflower and Elizabeth (Tilley)), and Puella Hussey, d. Stephen and Martha (Bunker), May __, 1695,* P.R.38."

(5) Nantucket Vital Records ?-148, Nantucket Marriages, "Bunker, Martha and Stephen Hussey, Oct. 8, 1676.* [Martha, d. George and Jane Godfrey, and Stephen Hussey, s. Capt. Christopher and Theodate (achelder), P.R.38.]"


(1) Mayflower Descendant 4:158.

(2) Barnstable Co. Prob. 8:265 (Shubael Gorham).

(3) Nantucket Vital Records 4:76; MD 5:73; Barnstable VR 1:372; Starbuck, Hist. of Nantucket, 779.

(4) Nantucket Vital Records 2:183; Mayflower Source Recs., 255.

(5) Barnstable Co. Prob. 8:265 (Shubael Gorham).

(6) Otis, Barnstable Fams. 1:416.

(7) Mayflower Descendant 4:153-58: Plymouth Colony Wills 3:1:162-64 (John Gorham).

(8) Gorham MS 1:37-39.

(9) Otis, Barnstable Fams. 1:417.

(10) Gorham MS 1:31:Bristol Co. Deeds 1:194.

(11) Gorham MS 1:38.

(12) Barnstable Co. Prob. 8:6 (Daniel Gorham); Hugh D. McLellan, History of Gorham, Maine (Portland 1903; rept. Somersworth 1980), 86.

(13) Barnstable Co. Prob. 7:181 (Shubael Gorham).

(14) Barnstable Co. Prob. 8:265-66 (Shubael Gorham) [FHL #904601].

(15) Mayflower Descendant 5:73 (first eight); Barnstable VR 1:372; Barnstable Co. Prob. 8:265 (Shubael Gorham); NEHGR (Apr. 1898) 52:190; Gorham MS 1:37.